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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1903 British Columbia general election
| election_name = {{nowrap|1903 British Columbia general election}}
| country = British Columbia
| country = British Columbia
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
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| next_year = 1907
| next_year = 1907
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| seats_for_election= 42 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]
| seats_for_election= {{nowrap|42 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]}}
| majority_seats = 22
<br /> 22 seats were needed for a majority
| outgoing_members = 9th Parliament of British Columbia
| majority_seats =
| elected_members = 10th Parliament of British Columbia
| opinion_polls =
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| turnout =
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| image1 = [[File:Richard_McBride.jpg|150x150px]]
| image1 = [[File:Richard_McBride.jpg|150x150px]]
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|nohash}}
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leader1 = [[Richard McBride]]
| leader1 = [[Richard McBride]]
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
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| image2 = [[File:Joseph Martin.png|120x120px]]
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|nohash}}
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader2 = [[James Alexander MacDonald]]
| leader2 = [[Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)|Joseph Martin]]
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|name}}
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|name}}
| leader_since2 = October 3, 1903
| leader_since2 = October 3, 1903
| leaders_seat2 = [[Rossland City]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]] (lost seat)
| last_election2 =
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| before_election = [[Richard McBride]]
| before_election = [[Richard McBride]]
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
| posttitle = Premier-designate
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_election = [[Richard McBride]]
| after_election = [[Richard McBride]]
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
}}
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The '''1903 British Columbia general election''' was the tenth general election for the Province of [[British Columbia]], Canada. It was held to elect members of the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]. The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903.
The '''1903 British Columbia general election''' was the tenth general election for the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It was held to elect members of the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903.


This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by [[political parties]]. Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan.
This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by [[political parties]].{{sfn|Hopkins|1904|p=215}} Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan.


The first election was dominated by the [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] and [[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]] parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level. ''See [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party of Canada]] and [[Liberal Party of Canada]].''
The first election was dominated by the BC [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|Conservative]] and [[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal parties]], which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level.{{efn|See [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party of Canada]] and [[Liberal Party of Canada]].}}


The [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative Party]] won over 46.4% of the popular vote and a slim [[majority government|majority]] of the seats in the legislature.
The Conservative Party won over 46% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature.


An act was passed in 1902 to provide for an Assembly of 42 members,<ref name="1902Act">{{Cite canlaw|short title =Redistribution Act, 1902|abbr =S.B.C.|year =1902|chapter =58|link=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/989336754}}</ref> of which 31 were elected in single-member districts.{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=535}} Of the multi-member districts, [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]] returned two MLAs, [[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]] four, and [[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]] five.<ref name="1902Act"/> Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the multi-member districts.
==Results by party==


==Results==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse border-color: #444444"

|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
{{election table||title=Elections to the Legislative Assembly (1903)}}{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|p=91}}
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
|-
!rowspan="2"|Party leader
!rowspan="2"|# of<br />candidates
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Party leader
!colspan="1"|Seats
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
! colspan="2" | MLAs
! colspan="2" | Votes
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|-
|align="center"|'''Elected'''
! Candidates{{efn|First election with candidates nominated by organized political parties}}
|align="center"|#
!1903
|align="center"|%
!#
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
!%
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] <sup>1</sup>
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|row-name}}
|align="center"|[[Richard McBride]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Richard McBride]]
|align="right"|41
| 41 || 22 || 27,913 || 46.43%
|align="right"|'''22 '''
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row-name}}{{efn|Three candidates campaigned under the [[Liberal–Labour (Canada)|Liberal–Labour]] banner}}
|align="right"|27,913
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)|Joseph Martin]]
|align="right"| 46.43%
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|[[James Alexander MacDonald]]|39|'''17'''|22,715| 37.78%}}
| 39 || 17 || 22,715 || 37.78%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|row-name}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|align="center"|&nbsp;
| 10 || 2 || 4,787 || 7.96%
|align="right"|10
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row-name}}{{efn|Organized only at the riding level}}
|align="right"|'''2'''
|style="text-align:left;"|
|align="right"|4,787
|align="right"| 7.96%
| 5 || 1 || 4,421 || 7.36%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|[[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Labour]] <sup>2</sup>
|align="center"|&nbsp;
|align="right"|5
|align="right"|'''1'''
|align="right"|4,421
|align="right"| 7.36%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist Labour|row-name}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist Labour|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|align="center"|&nbsp;
| 1 || – || 284 || 0.47%
|align="right"|1
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|284
|align="right"| 0.47%
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Total'''
!align="right"|95
!align="right"|42
!align="right"|60,120
!align="right"|100%
|-
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
| align="center" colspan="7"|'''Sources:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004023944/http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC]
| 95
| 42
! 60,120
! 100.00%
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |[[Acclamation]]s{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=93–94}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|colour&name}} ||1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|colour&name}} ||1
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
'''Notes:'''
|+ Seats and popular vote by party

! Party !! Seats !! Votes
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

<sup>1</sup> The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party each elected one candidate by acclamation.

<sup>2</sup> There was no provincial "Labour Party" as such. Each of the three Electoral Districts with a Labour candidate (Nanaimo, Slocan, and Vancouver City) had a local, autonomous Labour Party. As well, some Liberal candidates appear to have run on a "Liberal-Labour" platform (Atlin, Victoria and Ymir).

==Results by riding==

{{LegSeats3| title=Results of British Columbia general election, 1903}}
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|22|42|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative}}|width=175}}
|align="center"|[[Henry Esson Young]]<br />
| {{Percentage bar|46.43|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
|align="center" |'''[[Atlin (electoral district)|Atlin]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[William Wallace Burns McInnes]]<br />
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|17|42|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal}}|width=175}}
|align="center"|[[Robert Grant (British Columbia politician)|Robert Grant]]<br />
| {{Percentage bar|37.78|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
|align="center" |'''[[Comox (electoral district)|Comox]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Cariboo (electoral district)|Cariboo]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Harry Jones (politician)|Harry Jones]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|2|42|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist}}|width=175}}
|align="center"|[[Richard McBride]]<sup>1</sup>
| {{Percentage bar|7.96|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
|align="center" |'''[[Dewdney (electoral district)|Dewdney]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Cariboo (electoral district)|Cariboo]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[James Murphy (Canadian politician)|James Murphy]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|1|42|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour}}|width=175}}
|align="center"|[[Charles Edward Pooley]]<br />
| {{Percentage bar|7.36|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
|align="center" |'''[[Esquimalt (electoral district)|Esquimalt]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Chilliwhack (electoral district)|Chilliwhack]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Charles William Munro]]<br />
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[William Roderick Ross]]
|align="center" |'''[[Fernie (electoral district)|Fernie]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Wilmer Cleveland Wells]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[George Arthur Fraser]]
|align="center" |'''[[Grand Forks (electoral district)|Grand Forks]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[John Newell Evans]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Frederick John Fulton]]
|align="center" |'''[[Kamloops (electoral district)|Kamloops]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Cranbrook (electoral district)|Cranbrook]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[James Horace King]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Robert Francis Green]]
|align="center" |'''[[Kaslo (electoral district)|Kaslo]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Delta (provincial electoral district)|Delta]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[John Houston (newspaperman)|John Houston]]
|align="center" |'''[[Nelson City (provincial electoral district)|Nelson City]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Greenwood (provincial electoral district)|Greenwood]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician)|John Robert Brown]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Thomas Gifford (politician)|Thomas Gifford]]
|align="center" |'''[[New Westminster City]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[The Islands]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Thomas Wilson Paterson]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Price Ellison]]
|align="center" |'''[[Okanagan (electoral district)|Okanagan]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Rossland City]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[James Alexander MacDonald]]<sup>2</sup>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Thomas Taylor (Canadian politician)|Thomas Taylor]]
|align="center" |'''[[Revelstoke (electoral district)|Revelstoke]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Saanich (electoral district)|Saanich]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Henry Ernest Tanner]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton]]
|align="center" |'''[[Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)|Richmond]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" rowspan=4 |'''[[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[William George Cameron]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Lytton Wilmot Shatford]]
|align="center" |'''[[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Robert Low Drury]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Charles William Digby Clifford]]
|align="center" |'''[[Skeena (electoral district)|Skeena]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Richard Hall (politician)|Richard Hall]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Charles William John Bowser]]
|align="center" rowspan=5 |'''[[Vancouver City (electoral district)|Vancouver City]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[James Dugald McNiven]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[James Ford Garden]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Yale (provincial electoral district)|Yale]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Stuart Alexander Henderson]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Nanaimo City]]<br /><small>[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]</small>
|align="center"|[[James Hurst Hawthornthwaite]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Robert Garnett Tatlow]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Newcastle (electoral district)|Newcastle]]<br /><small>[[Socialist Party of Canada|Socialist]]</small>
|align="center"|[[Parker Williams]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician)|Charles Wilson]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center" |'''[[Slocan (electoral district)|Slocan]]<br /><small>[[Labour Party (Canada)|Labour]]</small>
|align="center"|[[William Davidson (British Columbia politician)|William Davidson]]
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|align="center"|[[Harry Wright (Canadian politician)|Harry Wright]]
|align="center" |'''[[Ymir (electoral district)|Ymir]]<br /><small>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]</small>
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|background}}|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|
|align="center" |
|align="center"|
|-
|
|align="center"|<sup>1</sup> Premier-Elect
|-
|
|
|align="center"|<sup>2</sup> Leader of the Opposition
|-
| align="center" colspan="10"|'''Source:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004023944/http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist Labour|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|0|42|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist Labour}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.47|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
|}
|}

==Results by riding==
The following MLAs were elected:{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=93–96}}

{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni]]: [[William Wallace Burns McInnes]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Atlin (electoral district)|Atlin]]: [[Henry Esson Young]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]]: [[Harry Jones (politician)|Harry Jones]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]]: [[James Murphy (Canadian politician)|James Murphy]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Chilliwhack (electoral district)|Chilliwhack]]: [[Charles William Munro]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia]]: [[Wilmer Cleveland Wells]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Comox (electoral district)|Comox]]: [[Robert Grant (British Columbia politician)|Robert Grant]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan]]: [[John Newell Evans]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Cranbrook (electoral district)|Cranbrook]]: [[James Horace King]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Delta (provincial electoral district)|Delta]]: [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Dewdney (electoral district)|Dewdney]]: [[Richard McBride]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Esquimalt (electoral district)|Esquimalt]]: [[Charles Edward Pooley]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Fernie (electoral district)|Fernie]]: [[William Roderick Ross]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Grand Forks (electoral district)|Grand Forks]]: [[George Arthur Fraser]]}}

{{col-break}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Greenwood (British Columbia electoral district)|Greenwood]]: [[John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician)|John Robert Brown]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[The Islands]]: [[Thomas Wilson Paterson]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Kamloops (federal electoral district)|Kamloops]]: [[Frederick John Fulton]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Kaslo (electoral district)|Kaslo]]: [[Robert Francis Green]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]]: [[Archibald McDonald (Canadian politician)|Archibald McDonald]]{{efn|Election declared void at the end of the first session of the new Legislature.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act to qualify Archibald McDonald to represent the Lillooet Electoral District in the present Session of the Legislative Assembly|abbr =S.B.C.|year =1903-4|chapter =32|link=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/1526941488}}</ref> McDonald would win the subsequent byelection.}}}}
{{legend|#FFD700|[[Nanaimo City]]: [[James Hurst Hawthornthwaite]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Nelson City (provincial electoral district)|Nelson City]]: [[John Houston (newspaperman)|John Houston]]}}
{{legend|#FFD700|[[Newcastle (electoral district)|Newcastle]]: [[Parker Williams]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[New Westminster City]]: [[Thomas Gifford (politician)|Thomas Gifford]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Okanagan (electoral district)|Okanagan]]: [[Price Ellison]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Revelstoke (electoral district)|Revelstoke]]: [[Thomas Taylor (Canadian politician)|Thomas Taylor]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)|Richmond]]: [[Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Rossland City]]: [[James Alexander MacDonald]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Saanich (electoral district)|Saanich]]: [[Henry Ernest Tanner]]}}

{{col-break}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]]: [[Lytton Wilmot Shatford]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Skeena (federal electoral district)|Skeena]]: [[Charles William Digby Clifford]]}}
{{legend|#EEBBBB|[[Slocan (electoral district)|Slocan]]: [[William Davidson (British Columbia politician)|William Davidson]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]: [[Charles William John Bowser]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]: [[James Ford Garden]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]: [[Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]: [[Robert Garnett Tatlow]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]: [[Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician)|Charles Wilson]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]: [[William George Cameron]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]: [[Robert Low Drury]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]: [[Richard Hall (politician)|Richard Hall]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]: [[James Dugald McNiven]] ({{abbr|L-L|Liberal-Labour}})}}
{{legend|#A51B12|[[Yale (provincial electoral district)|Yale]]: [[Stuart Alexander Henderson]]}}
{{legend|#294296|[[Ymir (electoral district)|Ymir]]: [[Harry Wright (Canadian politician)|Harry Wright]]}}{{col-end}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Canada#British Columbia|List of British Columbia political parties]]
* {{section link|List of political parties in Canada|British Columbia}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==Further reading & references==
==Further reading==


*''[[In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia]]'', Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
*''[[In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia]]'', Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
* {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1903 |date=1904 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k3c0}}
* {{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 1988|title= Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871{{en dash}}1986|url= https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |publisher= [[Elections BC]]|isbn=0-7718-8677-2|ref={{harvid|Elections BC|1988}} }}


{{British Columbia elections}}
{{British Columbia elections}}

Latest revision as of 15:02, 3 November 2024

1903 British Columbia general election
← 1900 October 3, 1903 (1903-10-03) 1907 →
42 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Richard McBride Joseph Martin
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader since June 1, 1903 October 3, 1903
Leader's seat Dewdney Vancouver City (lost seat)
Seats won 22 17
Popular vote 27,913 22,715
Percentage 46.43% 37.78%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader unknown vacant
Party Socialist Labour
Leader since unknown vacant
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 4,787 4,421
Percentage 7.96% 7.36%
Premier before election

Richard McBride
Conservative

Premier after election

Richard McBride
Conservative

The 1903 British Columbia general election was the tenth general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903.

This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by political parties.[1] Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan.

The first election was dominated by the BC Conservative and Liberal parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level.[a]

The Conservative Party won over 46% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature.

An act was passed in 1902 to provide for an Assembly of 42 members,[2] of which 31 were elected in single-member districts.[3] Of the multi-member districts, Cariboo returned two MLAs, Victoria City four, and Vancouver City five.[2] Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the multi-member districts.

Results

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Elections to the Legislative Assembly (1903)[4]
Political party Party leader MLAs Votes
Candidates[b] 1903 # %
Conservative Richard McBride 41 22 27,913 46.43%
Liberal[c] Joseph Martin 39 17 22,715 37.78%
Socialist 10 2 4,787 7.96%
Labour[d] 5 1 4,421 7.36%
Socialist Labour 1 – 284 0.47%
Total 95 42 60,120 100.00%
Acclamations[5] █ Conservative 1
█ Liberal 1
Seats and popular vote by party
Party Seats Votes
█ Conservative
22 / 42
46.43%
█ Liberal
17 / 42
37.78%
█ Socialist
2 / 42
7.96%
█ Labour
1 / 42
7.36%
█ Socialist Labour
0 / 42
0.47%

Results by riding

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The following MLAs were elected:[6]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ See Conservative Party of Canada and Liberal Party of Canada.
  2. ^ First election with candidates nominated by organized political parties
  3. ^ Three candidates campaigned under the Liberal–Labour banner
  4. ^ Organized only at the riding level
  5. ^ Election declared void at the end of the first session of the new Legislature.[7] McDonald would win the subsequent byelection.

References

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  1. ^ Hopkins 1904, p. 215.
  2. ^ a b Redistribution Act, 1902, S.B.C. 1902, c. 58
  3. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 535.
  4. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 91.
  5. ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 93–94.
  6. ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 93–96.
  7. ^ An Act to qualify Archibald McDonald to represent the Lillooet Electoral District in the present Session of the Legislative Assembly, S.B.C. 1903-4, c. 32

Further reading

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  • In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
  • Hopkins, J. Castell (1904). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1903. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
  • Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
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